Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 9 Unit 9: Natural disasters - Lesson 1

Stages

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

I.Warm up:

7 min

II.Presentation:

10 min

iii.Practice

15 min

IV.Production:

10 min

v.Homework

3 min

* Guessing game (Weather forecast)

= > Provide three clues about the word “weather forecast”

1. We know whether it is going to rain or to be sunny if we watch this program.

2. It is usually broadcasted on TV after the news.

3. It starts with letter W

- Chatting about this topic:

+ Do you usually watch the weather forecast?

+ Do you think weather forecasts are truthful?

I. Vocabulary pre-teach: Introduce the contents of the lesson and some words:

- Snowstorm (n): heavy fall of snow especially with wind: bão tuyết

- Earthquake (n): picture:động đất

- Volcano (n): picture: núi lửa

- typhoon (n): violent storm especially in East Asian seas: bão

* Checking new words:

- Ask Students to match the picture to the correct words and then compare their answer with a partners.

- Call on some Students to report and give answer key: 1. snowstorm

2. earthquake

3. volcano

4. typhoon

Ask Ss to look at the picture and answer the question: In which program do we see these pictures ?

=> Setting the scene: “Thuy is talking to her grandmother while they are watching a weather forecast on TV”. Now look at the book and listen to the tape.

II. Listen and read:

- Turn on the tape (2 or 3 times) if necessary.

- Ask Students to practice the dialogue in group of three.

1.Ex 1: Fill in the gaps

- Have Students work individually to fill in each blank one word and phrase from the dialogue.

- Call on some Students to read aloud their completed sentences in front of class.

=> Give correct answers:

1. turn up - weather forecast

2. raining

3. central highlands

4. have temperatures

5. weather forecasts

2. Ex 2: True / False

- Ask Students to read the dialogue again to do this exercise: True or false. Correct the false ones

1. There will not be any sunshine in Hanoi

2. Temperature in Hue will be over 30^oC

3. It will be cloudy in Cuu Long Delta.

4. Thuy is going out for a picnic with her old friends

5. Thuy’s grandmother asks her to bring along a warm coat.

6. Thuy follows her grandmother^’s advices.

- Call on some Ss to explain their answers in front of class. Comment and give answers:

1. F. It will be sunny

2. F. The temperatures will be between 25^oC and 30^oC

3.T 4.T 6.T

5. F – She asked Thuy to bring along a rain coat.

III. Discussion:

- Ask Students to work in group of 3 or 4 and discuss to make a weather forecast for the following day in Vietnam

- Call on some representatives from groups to read forecast aloud in front of class.

- Comment and make necessary corrections.

1. Summarize main point

2. Learn by heart new words.

3. Prepare the next lesson.

Whole class

- Guess the word

=> Weather forecast

- Answer

- listen carefully

Listen and repeat then guess its meanings.

- copy down

- Match

- Give their predictions.

=> in weather forecast

- Listen carefully

- Work in groups of three.

- Demonstrate

- Copy

- Work in group

- Demonstrate

- Write down

- Work in group

- Read them loudly

- Copy down